The British Independent Film Awards 2019 were held on 1 December 2019 to recognise the best in British independent cinema and filmmaking talent from United Kingdom. The nominations were announced on 30 October 2019. The Personal History of David Copperfield led the nominations with 11, followed by Wild Rose with 10.
Winners and nominees Best British Independent FilmBest DirectorFor Sama Bait The Personal History of David Copperfield The Souvenir Wild RoseWaad Al-Khateab & Edward Watts - For Sama Oliver Hermanus - Moffie Joanna Hogg - The Souvenir Mark Jenkin - Bait Asif Kapadia - Diego MaradonaBest ActorBest ActressJosh O'Connor - Only You as Jake Sam Adewunmi - The Last Tree as Femi Tom Burke - The Souvenir as Anthony Kris Hitchen - Sorry We Missed You as Ricky Turner Dev Patel - The Personal History of David Copperfield as David CopperfieldRenée Zellweger - Judy as Judy Garland Jessie Buckley - Wild Rose as Rose-Lynn Harlan Holliday Grainger - Animals as Laura Sally Hawkins - Eternal Beauty as June Vicky Knight - Dirty God as JadeBest Supporting ActorBest Supporting ActressHugh Laurie - The Personal History of David Copperfield as Mr. Dick Chiwetel Ejiofor - The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind as Trywell Kamkwamba Edlison Manuel Olbera Núñez - Yuli: The Carlos Acosta Story as Young Carlos Acosta Peter Mullan - The Vanishing as Thomas Marshall Bluey Robinson - Dirty God as NazRuthxjiah Bellenea - The Last Tree as Tope Jessica Barden - Scarborough as Beth Elizabeth Debicki - Vita and Virginia as Virginia Woolf Tilda Swinton - The Personal History of David Copperfield as Betsey Trotwood Julie Walters - Wild Rose as Marion HarlanBest ScreenplayMost Promising NewcomerSimon Blackwell & Armando Iannucci - The Personal History of David Copperfield Joanna Hogg - The Souvenir Paul Laverty - Sorry We Missed You Peter Strickland - In Fabric Nicole Taylor - Wild RoseSam Adewunmi - The Last Tree Honor Swinton Byrne - The Souvenir Vicky Knight - Dirty God Lorn Macdonald - Beats Roxanne Scrimshaw - Lynn + LucyThe Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director)Best Debut ScreenwriterHarry Wootliff - Only You Will Becher and Richard Phelan - A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon Fyzal Boulifa - Lynn + Lucy Daniel Kokotajlo (director) - Boyz in the Wood Chiwetel Ejiofor - The Boy Who Harnessed the WindEmma Jane Unsworth - Animals Kieran Hurley - Beats Lisa Owens - Days of the Bagnold Summer Nicole Taylor - Wild Rose Harry Wootliff - Only YouBreakthrough ProducerThe Discovery AwardKate Byers and Linn Waite - Bait Finn Bruce - Tucked Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor - Blue Story Becky Read - Three Identical Strangers Jack Sidey - MoffieChildren of the Snow Land - Zara Balfour, Marcus Stephenson and Mark HakanssonA Bump Along The Way - Shelly Love Here For Life - Adrian Jackson & Andrea Luka Zimmerman, James Lingwood, Michael Morris and Cressida Day Cunningham, Rebecca Mark-Lawson, David Arthur, Ellie Land Muscle - Gerard Johnson, Matthew James Wilkinson, Richard Wylie, Ed Barratt The Street – Zed Nelson
! width="50%" |Best Documentary ! width="50%" |Best British Short Film |- | valign="top" |For Sama Coup 53 Diego Maradona Seahorse Tell Me Who I AmAnna Boiling Point The Devil's Harmony Goldfish Serious TingzBest International Independent FilmBest CastingParasite Ash Is Purest White Marriage Story Monos Portrait of a Lady on Fire Sarah Crowe- The Personal History of David Copperfield Shaheen Baig - In Fabric Shaheen Baig and Aisha Bywaters - The Last Tree Kahleen Crawford - Wild Rose Kahleen Crawford and Caroline Stewart - Only YouBest CinematographyBest Costume DesignBenjamin Kračun - Beats Ole Bratt Birkeland - Judy Zac Nicholson - The Personal History of David Copperfield Jamie D. Ramsay - Moffie Ari Wegner - In FabricSuzie Harman & Robert Worley - The Personal History of David Copperfield Anna Robbins - Wild Rose Grace Snell - The Souvenir Jany Temime - Judy Jo Thompson - In FabricBest EditingBest EffectsChloe Lambourne & Simon McMahon - For Sama Mick Audsley and Peter Lambert - The Personal History of David Copperfield Mark Jenkin - Bait Chris King - Diego Maradona Helle Le Fevre - The SouvenirHoward Jones - A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon Paul Mann - In Fabric Andy Quinn - The Boy Who Harnessed the WindBest Make Up & Hair DesignBest MusicJeremy Woodhead - Judy Morten Jacobsen, Rogier Samuels, Lindelotte Van Der Meer - Dirty God Karen Hartley-Thomas - The Personal History of David Copperfield Emma Scott - In Fabric Jody Williams - Wild RoseJack Arnold - Wild Rose Nainita Desai - For Sama Tim Gane - In Fabric Antônio Pinto - Diego Maradona JD Twitch, Penelope Trappes and Stephen Hindman - BeatsBest Production DesignBest SoundCristina Casali - The Personal History of David Copperfield Stéphane Collonge - The Souvenir Kave Quinn - Judy Anne Seibel - The White Crow Paki Smith - In FabricBeats - David Bowtle-Mcmillan, Joakim Sundström, Robert Farr Diego Maradona - Stephen Griffiths, Tim Cavagin, Max Walsh, Andy Shelley Gwen - Anna My Bertmark, Jonathan Seale, Jules Woods In Fabric - Martin Pavey Wild Rose - Lee Walpole, Colin Nicholson, Stuart Hilliker
Films with multiple nominations and awards
+Films that received multiple nominationsNominationsFilm 11 The Personal History of David Copperfield 10 Wild Rose 9 In Fabric 8 The Souvenir 5 Beats Diego Maradona For Sama Judy 4 Bait Dirty God The Last Tree Only You 3 The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Moffie 2 Animals Lynn + Lucy A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon Sorry We Missed You
+Films that received multiple awardsAwardsFilm 5 The Personal History of David Copperfield 4 For Sama 2 BeatsOnly You The Last Tree Judy
References
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